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Château de Tonquédec
The imposing ruins of the château de Tonquédec stand in a fine setting, on a promontory overlooking the Léguer valley. The castle, raised in the early thirteenth century, was dismantled by order of John IV in 1395. Rebuilt in the early fifteenth century, it was dismantled again by order of Richelieu in 1622.
The entrance gate faces a pond now dry. You enter a first fortified courtyard. On the right, two towers linked by a curtain wall frame the main entrance of the second enclosure. By a postern you reach the second courtyard. Opposite, isolated, stands the keep, whose walls are nearly 4 metres thick. A stone staircase of 70 steps leads to the platform. The view lets you discover the castle's plan and reveals the nature of the Trégor country. For more than fifty years, the owners of the château de Tonquédec have undertaken and succeeded in clearing the curtain walls, walls and the eleven towers of water. Now, having won their first objective, they will be able to undertake interior restoration.
